System and method of providing augmented reality content in synchronized dynamic geolocation areas

ABSTRACT

A system and method for creating a synchronized dynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronized dynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters may be provided. An initiating user may generate a dynamic geolocation area that may track the location of the initiating user as the initiating user moves, and indicate content to associate with the geolocation area and one or more display parameters to associate with the content. A recipient user may be provided with an augmented view of the geolocation area based on the content and the display parameters. Further, a location of the recipient user may be synchronized with the geolocation area, such that as the recipient user or the geolocation area move, the augmented view may be modified to account for the movement.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No.15/843,479, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITYCONTENT IN SYNCHRONIZED DYNAMIC GEOLOCATION AREAS”, filed Dec. 15, 2017,which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No.62/435,176, entitled “SYSTEM AND METHOD OF PROVIDING AUGMENTED REALITYCONTENT IN SYNCHRONIZED DYNAMIC GEOLOCATION AREAS”, filed Dec. 16, 2016,which are hereby incorporated herein by reference in their entireties.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The disclosure relates to systems and methods of creating a synchronizeddynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of a synchronized dynamicgeolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

Interest in augmented reality content has grown at an impressive rate.Typically, current augmented reality systems display content based on afixed geolocation. Consequently, many current augmented reality systemsrely on a user navigating to a fixed geolocation to view the augmentedreality content. Other current augmented reality systems display contentbased not on a geolocation, but instead on image recognition, objectrecognition, or through the use of a mobile device's accelerometer orgyroscope features. Various limitations exist with respect to displayingaugmented reality content based on a fixed geolocation or through theuse of image recognition, object recognition, or gyroscope/accelerometerpositioning of a mobile device.

These and other problems exist with current augmented reality systems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention addressing these and other drawbacks relates to a systemand method of creating a synchronized dynamic geolocation area andaugmenting a view of the synchronized dynamic geolocation area withcontent based on one or more display parameters. Generally speaking, thesystem may include may include a computer system having one or morephysical processors programmed to generate a dynamic user-definedgeolocation area, associate content with the geolocation area,synchronize the geolocation area with a recipient user device, anddisplay content on the recipient user device based on the relativeposition of the recipient user device with the geolocation area.

The system and method provided herein may facilitate the creation ofuser-defined geolocation areas based on the geolocation of an initiatinguser. A geolocation area (or geofence area) is a geographic region orarea defined with a boundary line. User-defined geolocation areas may bestatic or dynamic, and may be based on a remote geolocation, object,user, and/or device. For example, a dynamic geolocation area based onthe geolocation of an initiating user may move from a first geolocationto a second geolocation as a user device associated with the initiatinguser moves from the first geolocation to the second geolocation.

The system and method provided herein may facilitate the association ofvirtual content with a geolocation area. Content may be selected oruploaded by a user and associated with a geolocation area. Content maybe associated with user- and/or system-defined display parameters thatspecify who may see the content, where the content may be displayed,when the content may be displayed, and/or how the content may bedisplayed. Content may be modified before or after the content isassociated with a geolocation area.

The system and method provided herein may be configured to synchronize arecipient user device with the geolocation area, the associated content,and/or the initiating user device. The recipient user device may besynchronized with the geolocation area, the associated content, and/orthe initiating user device based on information obtained from one ormore sensors associated with the recipient user device and/or theinitiating user device. For example, the one or more sensors may includeand/or relate to a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a data reading, abarometric sensor, a GPS component, a GLONASS component, an AGPScomponent, an internal clock, Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) fortriangulation, and/or other sensors or devices able to assist indetermining the relative position and/or location of a recipient userdevice or an initiating user device. The system may provide chatfunctionality to synchronized or connected user devices.

The system and method provided herein may cause the content to bedisplayed on the recipient user device based on the relative position ofthe recipient user device with the geolocation area, the associatedcontent, and/or the initiating user device. The system may cause thecontent to be displayed on the initiating user device. The content maydisplayed in real-time and based on user- and/or system-defined displayparameters associated with the content. The content may be used toaugment a view of the geolocation area displayed in real-time via therecipient user device, the initiating user device, a wearable deviceassociated with either the recipient user or the initiating user, and/orother devices used to display a real-time video feed of the geolocationarea.

Some or all of the processing performed by the system may be performedat a user device configured to display a view of a geolocation areaaugmented with content associated with the geolocation area and/or atanother device.

These and other objects, features, and characteristics of the systemand/or method disclosed herein, as well as the methods of operation andfunctions of the related elements of structure and the combination ofparts and economies of manufacture, will become more apparent uponconsideration of the following description and the appended claims withreference to the accompanying drawings, all of which form a part of thisspecification, wherein like reference numerals designate correspondingparts in the various figures. It is to be expressly understood, however,that the drawings are for the purpose of illustration and descriptiononly and are not intended as a definition of the limits of theinvention. As used in the specification and in the claims, the singularform of “a”, “an”, and “the” include plural referents unless the contextclearly dictates otherwise.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 illustrates a system of creating a synchronized dynamicgeolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronized dynamicgeolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters,according to an implementation of the invention.

FIG. 2 depicts a flowchart of a process of creating a synchronizeddynamic geolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronizeddynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more displayparameters, according to an implementation of the invention.

FIG. 3A illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on a device used to display a map view of a geolocationarea.

FIG. 3B illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on a device used to display a map view of a geolocationarea.

FIG. 4A illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on a device used to display an augmented reality view of ageolocation area.

FIG. 4B illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on a device used to display an augmented reality view of ageolocation area.

FIG. 4C illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on a device used to display an augmented reality view of ageolocation area.

FIG. 5 depicts a flowchart of a process of updating an augmented viewdisplayed on one or more synchronized user devices based on changes ininformation related to one or more display parameters, according to animplementation of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention described herein relates to a system and method forcreating a synchronized dynamic geolocation area and augmenting a viewof the synchronized dynamic geolocation area with content based on oneor more display parameters. It will be appreciated, however, by thosehaving skill in the art that the implementations may be practicedwithout these specific details or with an equivalent arrangement. Inother instances, well-known structures and devices are shown in blockdiagram form in order to avoid unnecessarily obscuring theimplementations of the invention.

Exemplary System Architecture

FIG. 1 illustrates a system 100 of creating a synchronized dynamicgeolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronized dynamicgeolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters,according to an implementation of the invention. In one implementation,system 100 may include a database 104, a computer system 110, aninitiating user device 130, a recipient user device 140, and/or othercomponents.

Computer system 110 may be configured as a server (e.g., having one ormore server blades, processors, etc.), a gaming console, a handheldgaming device, a personal computer (e.g., a desktop computer, a laptopcomputer, etc.), a smartphone, a tablet computing device, a wearabledevice, and/or other device that can be programmed to create asynchronized dynamic geolocation area and augment the synchronizeddynamic geolocation area with content based on one or more displayparameters.

Computer system 110 may include one or more processor(s) 112 (alsointerchangeably referred to herein as processor(s) 112 for convenience),one or more storage device(s) 114, and/or other components. The one ormore processor(s) 112 may be configured to perform some or all of afunctionality of a plurality of modules, which may be stored in the oneor more storage device(s) 114. For example, the one or more processors112 may be programmed by a geofence creation module 116, an augmentedcontent module 118, a synchronization module 120, and/or other modules122. As used herein, for convenience, the various modules will bedescribed as performing an operation, when, in fact, variousinstructions associated with the various modules program the processors112 (and therefore computer system 110) to perform the operation.

Geofence creation module 116 may be configured to generate auser-defined geolocation area (or geofence) based on an indication of alocal or remote geolocation. For example, geofence creation module 116may generate a geolocation area based on the local geolocation of theinitiating user or based on a remote geolocation, a remote object, aremote user, and/or a remote device. In various implementations,geofence creation module 116 may be configured to generate auser-defined geolocation area based on one or more user- orsystem-defined geofence parameters. For example, the one or moregeofence parameters may include an indication to create a static ordynamic geolocation area, one or more geofence size parameters, and/orone or more geofence shape parameters.

In various implementations, the one or more geofence parameters mayinclude an indication to create a static or dynamic geolocation area.Geofence creation module 116 may be configured to generate a staticgeolocation area or a dynamic geolocation area based on the one or moregeofence parameters. A static geolocation area may be based on a fixedgeolocation. A dynamic geolocation area may be based on a user, userdevice, vehicle, and/or vehicle device and may change over time. Forexample, a dynamic geolocation area based on the geolocation of aninitiating user may move from a first geolocation to a secondgeolocation as a user device associated with the initiating user movesfrom the first geolocation to the second geolocation.

In various implementations, the one or more geofence parameters mayinclude one or more geofence size parameters. Geofence creation module116 may be configured to generate a geolocation area based on the one ormore geofence size parameters. The one or more geofence size parametersmay indicate a size of a geolocation area to be generated by geofencecreation module 116. For example, the one or more geofence sizeparameters may include an indication of a radius and/or dimensions of ageolocation area. In some implementations, the one or more geofence sizeparameters may include an indication to generate a 3-D ormulti-dimensional geolocation area.

In various implementations, the one or more geofence parameters mayinclude one or more geofence shape parameters. Geofence creation module116 may be configured to generate a geolocation area based on the one ormore geofence shape parameters. The one or more geofence shapeparameters may indicate a shape of a geolocation area to be generated bygeofence creation module 116. For example, the one or more geofenceshape parameters may include an indication to generate a circulargeolocation area, a square geolocation area, a polygonal geolocationarea, and/or a geolocation area based on one or more other shapes. Insome implementations, the one or more geofence shape parameters mayinclude an indication of a unique polygon received from an initiatinguser. Geofence creation module 116 may be configured to generate ageolocation area in the shape of a unique polygon based on theindication from an initiating user. In some implementations, the one ormore geofence shape parameters may include an indication of a freeformshape received from an initiating user. Geofence creation module 116 maybe configured to generate a geolocation area in the shape of a freeformshape based on the indication from an initiating user.

Augmented content module 118 may be configured to associate virtualcontent with a geolocation area. Augmented content module 118 may accessgeolocation areas generated by geofence creation module 116. In variousimplementations, content may be in the form of an emoji, textualcontent, an image, audio-visual content, an interactive link, anadvertisement or promotion, and/or other forms of content. Content maybe two-dimensional or three-dimensional. In various implementations,augmented content module 118 may receive uploaded content frominitiating user device 130. In some implementations, uploaded contentmay be stored in database 104. In various implementations, augmentedcontent module 118 may receive an indication of content selected by aninitiating user, wherein the content selected is to be associated with ageolocation area. Responsive to the indication of a content selection byan initiating user, augmented content module 118 may retrieve thecontent from database 104. Augmented content module 118 may beconfigured to associate the uploaded content and/or selected contentwith a geolocation area.

In various implementations, augmented content module 118 may associateone or more user- and/or system-defined display parameters with contentprior to, or after, the content is associated with a geolocation area.For example, the one or more display parameters may include a distanceparameter, a content accessibility parameter, a content placementparameter, a temporal display parameter, a variable display parameter,and/or one or more other display parameters.

In various implementations, the one or more display parameters mayinclude a distance parameter, which may include an indication of thedistance from a location associated with a geolocation area at whichcontent is to be displayed. For example, a display parameter mayindicate that content is to be displayed in an augmented view of ageolocation area on a recipient user device when a recipient user deviceis within a specified distance from a location associated with ageolocation area. In various implementations, the specified distance maybe an absolute distance from a fixed location, a relative distance froma dynamic location, and/or a range of distances from a locationassociated with the geolocation area. For example, the distanceparameter may indicate that certain content may be displayed in anaugmented view of a geolocation area when a recipient user device isbetween 50 yards and 100 yards from a location associated with ageolocation area.

In various implementations, multiple content items may be associatedwith a geolocation area, wherein the multiple content items are eachassociated with different user- and/or system-defined displayparameters. For example, an initiating user device associated withinitiating user device 130 may associate a first content item with afirst distance parameter that specifies a range of 51 yards to 100 yardsand a second content item with a second distance parameter thatspecifies a range of 25 yards to 50 yards. As a recipient user devicemoves to within 100 yards of a location associated with a geolocationarea, the first content item may be displayed in an augmented view ofthe geolocation area. As the recipient user devices move to within 50yards of the same geolocation area, the second content item may bedisplayed in the augmented view of the geolocation area. The multiplecontent items may be of the same or a different type.

In various implementations, the one or more display parameters mayinclude a content accessibility display parameter, which may include anindication of whether content is public or private. For example, publiccontent may be accessible by any user based on the relative position ofthe user and the geolocation area. Accessibility may include interactingwith the content, viewing the content, and/or editing the content.However, the accessibility of private content may be limited to one ormore specific users or one or more specific groups defined by aninitiating user or defined automatically by the system.

In various implementations, the one or more display parameters mayinclude a content placement parameter, which may include an indicationof where content is to be displayed in a geolocation area. In someimplementations, a content placement parameter may include an indicationof where on a display on recipient user device 140 content is to appearwithin a geolocation area. For example, a content placement parametermay indicate a position on an x-y-z axis within a geolocation area atwhich content is to be displayed. In some implementations, a contentplacement parameter may indicate a position relative to a geolocation,object, user, and/or device at which content is to be displayed. Forexample, a content placement parameter may specify a location within adynamic geolocation area based on the geolocation of an initiating user,wherein the location may be to the left, to the right, or above theinitiating user within a display on recipient user device 140.

In various implementations, the one or more display parameters mayinclude a temporal display parameter, which may include an indication ofwhen content is to be displayed in a geolocation area. In someimplementations, a temporal display parameter may include an indicationthat content is able to be displayed at a certain time, during a certaintime period, before a certain time, after a certain time, or for aspecified duration of time. For example, a temporal display parametermay indicate that content is able to be displayed until 8 PM. In thepreceding example, the content may not be displayed to the recipientuser on recipient user device 140 after 8 PM. As another example, atemporal display parameter may indicate that content may be displayedfor a maximum duration of 30 seconds, either consecutively or total. Inthe foregoing example, the content may be removed from the display ofrecipient user device 140 after the content has been displayed onrecipient user device 140 for a duration of 30 seconds.

In various implementations, the one or more display parameters mayinclude a variable display parameter, which may include an indication ofhow content is to be displayed in a geolocation area. In someimplementations, a variable display parameter may include an indicationthat content is to face a specified direction, spin, or rotate whendisplayed to a recipient user via recipient user device 140. Forexample, a variable display parameter may include an indication thatcontent is to rotate to face a recipient user when displayed to arecipient user via recipient user device 140.

Augmented content module 118 may be configured to facilitate thealteration of content and/or one or more display parameters prior to, orafter, content is associated with a geolocation area. For example, aninitiating user may select a smiling face emoji to associate with adynamic geolocation area based on the geolocation of the initiatinguser. After associating the smiling face emoji with the dynamicgeolocation area, augmented content module 118 may, responsive to anindication from an initiating user, remove the smiling face emoji andassociate a frowning face emoji with the dynamic geolocation area.

In various implementations, augmented content module 118 may beconfigured to associate one or more triggering conditions with contentand/or a geolocation area. A triggering condition may indicate athreshold at which augmented content may change in appearance, bereplaced by other content, or removed from the augmented view based oninformation associated with one or more synchronized user devices. Suchtriggering conditions may include entry within a geolocation area by auser device, movement of a user device to within a predefined distancefrom of a geolocation area, movement of a user device to outside apredefined distance from of a geolocation area, an indication that aparticular user device has logged in to or logged out of system 100,and/or an indication that information related to one or more of theforegoing display parameters has changed.

Synchronization module 120 may be configured to synchronize recipientuser device 140 with a geolocation area, with content associated with ageolocation area, and/or with initiating user device 130. For example,synchronization module 116 may be configured to synchronize recipientuser device 140 with a geolocation area, content associated with ageolocation area, and/or initiating user device 130 utilizing Bluetooth®low energy (BLE) for triangulation and/or information obtained fromand/or related to a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a barometric pressuresensor, a GPS component, a GLONASS component, a AGPS component, aninternal clock, and/or other information related to one or more sensorsor devices of recipient user device 140 and/or initiating user device130. In various implementations, recipient user device 140 may besynchronized with coordinates for the content associated with thegeolocation area.

Initiating user device 130 may be configured as a server (e.g., havingone or more server blades, processors, etc.), a gaming console, ahandheld gaming device, a personal computer (e.g., a desktop computer, alaptop computer, etc.), a smartphone, a tablet computing device, awearable device, and/or other device that can be programmed to define ageolocation area to be created, provide one or more geofence parameters,provide content to be associated with a geolocation area, provide one ormore display parameters for content to be associated with a geolocationarea, and/or display a view (i.e., a real-time video feed) of ageolocation area augmented with content associated with the geolocationarea. Initiating user device 130 may include one or more sensors ordevices used to synchronize the initiating user device 130 withrecipient user device 140, a geolocation area, and/or content associatedwith a geolocation area and determine whether to display a view of ageolocation area augmented with content associated with the geolocationarea. For example, the one or more sensors or devices may include and/orrelate to a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a barometric pressure sensor, aGPS component, a GLONASS component, an AGPS component, an internalclock, and/or other sensors or devices able to assist in determining therelative position and/or location of a recipient user device or aninitiating user device.

Initiating user device 130 may include one or more processor(s) 132(also interchangeably referred to herein as processor(s) 132 forconvenience), one or more storage device(s) 134, and/or othercomponents. The one or more processor(s) 132 may be configured toperform some or all of a functionality of a plurality of modules, whichmay be stored in the one or more storage device(s) 134. For example, theone or more processors 132 may be programmed by a AR display module 136,a communication module 138, and/or other modules. As used herein, forconvenience, the various modules will be described as performing anoperation, when, in fact, various instructions associated with thevarious modules program the processors 132 (and therefore initiatinguser device 130) to perform the operation. In various implementations,the one or more processor(s) 132 may be configured to perform one or allof the operations described with respect to computer system 110. Forexample, the one or more processor(s) 132 may be configured to performone or all of the operations described with respect to geofence creationmodule 116, augmented content module 118, synchronization module 120,and/or other modules 122.

AR display module 136 may be configured to determine whether to displaya view of a geolocation area augmented with content associated with thegeolocation area and/or generate user interfaces that enable viewing andinteraction with real-time augmented views of geolocation areas. ARdisplay module 136 may perform any and all aspects of the AR displaymodule 146 described below.

Communication module 138 may be configured to communicate informationrelated to a geolocation area and/or content associated with ageolocation area between computer system 110, initiating user device130, recipient user device 140, and/or other devices. In someimplementations, communication module 138 may be configured tocommunicate messages between initiating user device 130, recipient userdevice 140, and/or other devices.

Recipient user device 140 may be configured as a server (e.g., havingone or more server blades, processors, etc.), a gaming console, ahandheld gaming device, a personal computer (e.g., a desktop computer, alaptop computer, etc.), a smartphone, a tablet computing device, awearable device, and/or other device that can be configured to utilizelocation-based services, such as GPS and geolocation, and display a view(i.e., a real-time video feed) of a geolocation area augmented withcontent associated with the geolocation area. Recipient user device 140may include one or more sensors or devices used to synchronize therecipient user device 140 with initiating user device 130, a geolocationarea, and/or content associated with a geolocation area and determinewhether to display a view of a geolocation area augmented with contentassociated with the geolocation area. For example, the one or moresensors or devices may include and/or relate to a gyroscope, anaccelerometer, a barometric pressure sensor, a GPS component, a GLONASScomponent, an AGPS component, an internal clock, and/or other sensors ordevices able to assist in determining the relative position and/orlocation of a recipient user device or an initiating user device.

Recipient user device 140 may include one or more processor(s) 142 (alsointerchangeably referred to herein as processor(s) 142 for convenience),one or more storage device(s) 144, and/or other components. The one ormore processor(s) 142 may be configured to perform some or all of afunctionality of a plurality of modules, which may be stored in the oneor more storage device(s) 144. For example, the one or more processor(s)142 may be programmed by a AR display module 146, a communication module148, and/or other modules. As used herein, for convenience, the variousmodules will be described as performing an operation, when, in fact,various instructions associated with the various modules program theprocessors 142 (and therefore recipient user device 140) to perform theoperation. In various implementations, the one or more processor(s) 142may be configured to perform one or all of the operations described withrespect to computer system 110. For example, the one or moreprocessor(s) 142 may be configured to perform one or all of theoperations described with respect to geofence creation module 116,augmented content module 118, synchronization module 120, and/or othermodules 122.

AR display module 146 may be configured to determine whether to displaya view of a geolocation area augmented with content associated with thegeolocation area and/or generate user interfaces that enable viewing andinteraction with real-time augmented views of geolocation areas. ARdisplay module 146 may be configured to determine whether to display aview of a geolocation area augmented with content based on one or morecriteria associated with the geolocation area and/or display parametersassociated with the content. For example, based on the relative positionof synchronized recipient user device 140 with a geolocation area, ARdisplay module 146 may enable content associated with the geolocationarea to be displayed via initiating user device 130 and/or synchronizedrecipient user device 140. For example, AR display module 146 may beconfigured to augment a view of a geolocation area with contentassociated with the geolocation area in a camera application oninitiating user device 130 and/or recipient user device 140 based on oneor more display parameters that are associated with the content. Basedon a determination that a view of a geolocation area augmented withcontent associated with the geolocation area is accessible due to therelative position of recipient user device 140 with the geolocationarea, AR display module 146 may prompt the recipient user to access acamera application (and/or other application) on recipient user device140 to display the view of the augmented geolocation area. For example,AR display module 146 may prompt the recipient user via an indication onthe display of recipient user device 140, a vibration of recipient userdevice 140, and/or a sound generated by recipient user device 140.

AR display module 146 may be configured to provide directions and/orindicators via a camera application (and/or other application) onrecipient user device 140 to indicate the direction the recipient usermust travel to view the augmented geolocation area. For example, ARdisplay module 146 may display arrows via a camera application (and/orother application) on recipient user device 140 to indicate thedirection the recipient user must travel to view the augmentedgeolocation area.

AR display module 146 may be configured to enable interaction with theaugmented content. For example, content may be selectable, such thatwhen selected via a display on a recipient user device 140, recipientuser device may play a video, play a sound recording, navigate to awebpage, access a different application, and/or reveal a messageintended for the recipient user.

AR display module 146 may be configured to display icons indicating aposition of one or more users of system 100 on one or more user devicesassociated with the one or more users of system 100. For example, ARdisplay module 146 may be configured display on initiating user device130 and/or recipient user device 140 an icon indicating a location ofone or more users associated with initiating user device 130 and/orrecipient user device 140. AR display module 146 may be configured toprovide, to the one or more users via an application on a user deviceassociated with the one or more users, directions to one or more otherusers of system 100. In various implementations, AR display module 146may display directions to travel to the one or more other users. In someimplementations, AR display module 146 may provide an indication to oneor more users associated with a user device that one or more other usersare located within a predefined proximity.

Communication module 148 may be configured to communicate informationrelated to a geolocation area and/or content associated with ageolocation area between computer system 110, initiating user device130, recipient user device 140, and/or other devices. In someimplementations, communication module 138 may be configured tocommunicate messages between initiating user device 130, recipient userdevice 140, and/or other devices.

Initiating user device 130 and/or recipient user device 140 may beassociated with one or more users identified by system 100. Varioustechniques may allow identification of users (or at least correspondingend user devices, accounts, etc., associated with users). In variousimplementations, users may register with system 100 during an initialinteraction with system 100. For example, users may register with system100 by providing user account information associated with the user. Useraccount data may include usernames, passwords, first names, last names,email addresses, phone numbers, etc. System 100 may store user accountdata associated with one or more users registered with the system forlater retrieval and/or identification of the one or more users. Forexample, user account data stored by system 100 may be used to identifya user who logs-in to system 100 via an application on initiating userdevice 130 and/or recipient user device 140.

Although illustrated in FIG. 1 as a single component, computer system110, initiating user device 130, and recipient user device 140 may eachinclude a plurality of individual components (e.g., computer devices)each programmed with at least some of the functions described herein. Inthis manner, some components of computer system 110, initiating userdevice 130, and/or recipient user device 140 may perform some functionswhile other components may perform other functions, as would beappreciated. The processor(s) 112, processor(s) 132, and/or processor(s)142 may each include one or more physical processors that are programmedby computer program instructions. The various instructions describedherein are exemplary only. Other configurations and numbers ofinstructions may be used, so long as the processor(s) 112, processor(s)132, and/or processor(s) 142 are programmed to perform the functionsdescribed herein.

The description of the functionality provided by the differentinstructions described herein is for illustrative purposes, and is notintended to be limiting, as any of instructions may provide more or lessfunctionality than is described. For example, one or more of theinstructions may be eliminated, and some or all of its functionality maybe provided by other ones of the instructions. As another example,processor(s) 112, processor(s) 132, and/or processor(s) 142 may beprogrammed by one or more additional instructions that may perform someor all of the functionality attributed herein to one of theinstructions.

The various instructions described herein may be stored in one or morestorage device(s) 114, one or more storage device(s) 134, and/or one ormore storage device(s) 144, which may comprise random access memory(RAM), read only memory (ROM), and/or other memory. The storage devicemay store the computer program instructions (e.g., the aforementionedinstructions) to be executed by processor(s) 112, processor(s) 132,and/or processor(s) 142, as well as data that may be manipulated byprocessor(s) 112, processor(s) 132, and/or processor(s) 142. The storagedevice may comprise floppy disks, hard disks, optical disks, tapes, orother storage media for storing computer-executable instructions and/ordata.

The various components illustrated in FIG. 1 may be coupled to at leastone other component via a network 102, which may include any one or moreof, for instance, the Internet, an intranet, a PAN (Personal AreaNetwork), a LAN (Local Area Network), a WAN (Wide Area Network), a SAN(Storage Area Network), a MAN (Metropolitan Area Network), a wirelessnetwork, a cellular communications network, a Public Switched TelephoneNetwork, and/or other network. In FIG. 1, as well as in other drawingFigures, different numbers of entities than those depicted may be used.Furthermore, according to various implementations, the componentsdescribed herein may be implemented in hardware and/or software thatconfigure hardware.

The various databases 104 described herein may be, include, or interfaceto, for example, an Oracle™ relational database sold commercially byOracle Corporation. Other databases, such as Informix™, DB2 (Database 2)or other data storage, including file-based, or query formats,platforms, or resources such as OLAP (On Line Analytical Processing),SQL (Structured Query Language), a SAN (storage area network), MicrosoftAccess™ or others may also be used, incorporated, or accessed. Thedatabase may comprise one or more such databases that reside in one ormore physical devices and in one or more physical locations. Thedatabase may store a plurality of types of data and/or files andassociated data or file descriptions, administrative information, or anyother data.

Exemplary Flowchart of Process

FIG. 2 depicts a process 200 of creating a synchronized dynamicgeolocation area and augmenting a view of the synchronized dynamicgeolocation area with content based on one or more display parameters,according to an implementation of the invention. The various processingoperations and/or data flows depicted in FIG. 2 (and in the otherdrawing figures) are described in greater detail herein. The describedoperations may be accomplished using some or all of the systemcomponents described in detail above and, in some implementations,various operations may be performed in different sequences and variousoperations may be omitted. Additional operations may be performed alongwith some or all of the operations shown in the depicted flow diagrams.One or more operations may be performed simultaneously. Accordingly, theoperations as illustrated (and described in greater detail below) areexemplary by nature and, as such, should not be viewed as limiting.

In an operation 202, process 200 may include generating a geolocationarea based on a local or remote geolocation. A geolocation area (orgeofence area) is a geographic region or area defined with a boundaryline. Geolocation areas may be static or dynamic and may be based on auser-defined or system-defined geolocation. For example, an initiatinguser may register and/or log-in to system 100 via an application oninitiating user device 130 and specify a local or remote geolocation forwhich to generate a geolocation area. In an exemplary implementation, adynamic geolocation area may be generated based on the current locationof an initiating user. For example, a current location of an initiatinguser may be determined based on location information obtained from auser device associated with the initiating user. The geolocation areamay be dynamic in that the geolocation area moves from a firstgeolocation to a second geolocation as the user device associated withthe initiating user moves from the first geolocation to the secondgeolocation. Location information from the initiating user device may bemonitored continuously or periodically to determine the current locationof the initiating user. In various implementations, the geolocation areamay be generated based on one or more user- or system-defined geofenceparameters.

In an operation 204, process 200 may include associating content to beprovided in an augmented view of the geolocation area with thegeolocation area. The content may be uploaded by an initiating user,selected by an initiating user from a database of content, or otherwiseprovided to the system by the initiating user. For example, the contentmay be in the form of an emoji, textual content, an image, audio-visualcontent, an interactive link, an advertisement or promotion, and/orother forms of content.

In an operation 206, process 200 may include obtaining one or moreuser-defined display parameters for the associated content. For example,the one or more user-defined display parameters may specify who may seethe content, where the content may be displayed, when the content may bedisplayed, and/or how the content may be displayed.

In an operation 208, process 200 may include synchronizing a recipientuser device with the dynamic geolocation area. A recipient user devicemay be synchronized utilizing Bluetooth® low energy (BLE) fortriangulation and/or information related to a gyroscope, anaccelerometer, a barometric pressure sensor, a GPS device, a GLONASScomponent, an AGPS component, an internal clock, and/or otherinformation related to one or more sensors or devices of recipient userdevice 140 and/or initiating user device 130 able to assist indetermining the relative position and/or location of a recipient userdevice or an initiating user device. In the exemplary implementation inwhich the dynamic geolocation area is generated based on the currentlocation of an initiating user, the recipient user device may besynchronized with the initiating user device.

In an operation 210, process 200 may include displaying an augmentedview of the geolocation area on the recipient user device based on theone or more display parameters and the relative position of thesynchronized recipient user device to the geolocation area. Based on adetermination that a view of a geolocation area augmented with thecontent associated with the geolocation area is accessible due to therelative position of the recipient user device with the geolocationarea, the recipient user device may prompt the recipient user to accessa camera application (and/or other application) on the recipient userdevice to display the view of the augmented geolocation area. As therelative position of the synchronized recipient user device changes, theaugmented view of the geolocation with the associated content maychange. The augmented view of the geolocation area with the associatedcontent may be displayed based on the one or more user-defined displayparameters. The one or more display parameters may include rules orcriteria indicating how the content may change as the relative positionof the recipient user device changes. If the augmented view of thegeolocation area is not yet accessible due to the relative position ofthe recipient user device with the geolocation area, the recipient userdevice may provide directions and/or indicators via a camera application(and/or other application) on the recipient user device to indicate thedirection the recipient user must travel to view the augmentedgeolocation area. The recipient user device may interact with theaugmented content. For example, the content may be selectable, such thatwhen selected via a display on the recipient user device, the recipientuser device may play a video, play a sound recording, navigate to awebpage, access a different application, and/or reveal a messageintended for the recipient user.

FIG. 3A illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on initiating user device 130 and/or recipient user device140 used to display a map view of a geolocation area. The screen in FIG.3A may include a map view button 302, an AR view button 304, aninitiating user icon 306, a recipient user icon 308, a creategeolocation area button 310, a share geolocation area button 312, and achat button 314. When selected by a user, the AR view button 304 maynavigate to a view of a geolocation area and/or an augmented view of ageolocation area, as depicted in FIGS. 4A-4C. The create geolocationarea button 310 may allow a user associated with a user devicedisplaying the screen to create a geolocation area using some or all ofthe techniques described above with respect to geofence creation module116 of FIG. 1 and/or operation 202 of FIG. 2. The share geolocation areabutton 312 may allow a user associated with a user device displaying thescreen to share a geolocation area and/or content associated with ageolocation area. The chat button 314 may allow a user associated with auser device displaying the screen to initiate and/or participate in achat with one or more other users via one or more other user devices.

In various implementations, the screen may display an initiating usericon 306 and a recipient user icon 308 indicating a location of aninitiating user (and/or initiating user device 130) and a recipient user(and/or recipient user device 140), respectively. The screen may displaydirections and/or a route for a user to travel to another user for whichan icon is displayed on the screen. As a user moves, the icon associatedwith the user moves and the relative position of the user with one ormore other users for which an icon is displayed on the screen maychange, which may be depicted on the screen.

FIG. 3B illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on initiating user device 130 and/or recipient user device140 used to display a map view of a geolocation area. The screen in FIG.3B may include some or all of the features described with respect to thescreen in FIG. 3A. Alternatively or additionally, the screen in FIG. 3Bmay include a proximity notification 316 indicating that one or moreother users are located with a proximity of the user associated with theuser device displaying the screen.

FIG. 4A illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on initiating user device 130 and/or recipient user device140 used to display an augmented reality view of a geolocation area. Invarious implementations, the augmented reality view of a geolocationarea on the screen depicted in FIG. 4A may include content associatedwith the geolocation area based on the relative position of the userdevice displaying the screen and the geolocation area. For example, theaugmented reality view of the geolocation area in FIG. 4A may include auser icon 402. The user icon 402 may indicate a position of a userassociated with system 100. For example, user icon 402 may indicate aposition of an initiating user associated with initiating user device130. The user icon 402 may be in the form of an emoji and/or other typesof content, as described further above. The screen in FIG. 4A mayinclude a distance indicator 404 indicating a distance of the userdevice to the location associated with the content. For example, thedistance indicator 404 in FIG. 4A indicates that the distance of theuser device displaying the screen in FIG. 4A from the locationassociated with the content (i.e., user icon 402) is 323.07 feet.Alternatively or additionally, the screen in FIG. 4A may include some orall of the features described with respect to the screen in FIG. 3A.

FIG. 4B illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on initiating user device 130 and/or recipient user device140 used to display an augmented reality view of a geolocation area. Thescreen in FIG. 4B may depict a screen of a mobile application on a userdevice at a time when the user device displaying the screen in FIG. 4Bis closer to the location associated with the content (i.e., user icon402) than the time at which the screen in FIG. 4A is depicted on theuser device. For example, the distance indicator 404 in FIG. 4Bindicates that the distance of the user device displaying the screen inFIG. 4B from the location associated with the content (i.e., user icon402) is 189.19 feet. In various implementations, content displayed in anaugmented view on a user device (i.e., user icon 402) may be depicteddifferently based on the relative position (e.g., distance) of the userdevice to the geolocation area at the time when the user device isdisplaying the screen in FIG. 4B and when the user device is displayingthe screen in FIG. 4A. For example, user icon 402 may appear larger asthe user device moves closer to the location associated with the usericon 402. Alternatively or additionally, the content displayed in anaugmented view on a user device may change from one type of content toanother based on the relative position of the user device to thegeolocation area. The screen in FIG. 4B may include some or all of thefeatures described with respect to the screen in FIG. 3A.

FIG. 4C illustrates an exemplary screenshot of a screen of a mobileapplication on initiating user device 130 and/or recipient user device140 used to display an augmented reality view of a geolocation area. Thescreen in FIG. 4C may depict a screen of a mobile application on a userdevice at a time when the user device displaying the screen in FIG. 4Cis closer to the location associated with the content (i.e., user icon402) than either of the times at which the screens in FIG. 4A or FIG. 4Bare depicted on the user device. For example, the distance indicator 404in FIG. 4C indicates that the distance of the user device displaying thescreen in FIG. 4C from the location associated with the content (i.e.,user icon 402) is 23.21 feet. The screen in FIG. 4C may include some orall of the features described with respect to the screen in FIG. 3A.

FIG. 5 depicts a flowchart of a process 500 of updating an augmentedview displayed on one or more synchronized user devices based on changesin information related to one or more display parameters, according toan implementation of the invention. The various processing operationsand/or data flows depicted in FIG. 5 (and in the other drawing figures)are described in greater detail herein. The described operations may beaccomplished using some or all of the system components described indetail above and, in some implementations, various operations may beperformed in different sequences and various operations may be omitted.Additional operations may be performed along with some or all of theoperations shown in the depicted flow diagrams. One or more operationsmay be performed simultaneously. Accordingly, the operations asillustrated (and described in greater detail below) are exemplary bynature and, as such, should not be viewed as limiting.

In an operation 502, process 500 may include synchronizing at least twouser devices. For example, at least two user devices may be synchronizedusing some or all of the techniques described above with respect tosynchronization module 120 of FIG. 1 and/or operation 206 of FIG. 2.

In an operation 504, process 500 may include displaying an augmentedview of a geolocation area via a user device based on one or moredisplay parameters associated with content augmented on the view of thegeolocation area. For example, an augmented view of a geolocation areamay be displayed using some or all of the techniques described abovewith respect to AR display module 146 of FIG. 1 and/or operation 210 ofFIG. 2. The one or more display parameters may include some or all ofthe display parameters described above with respect to augmented contentmodule 118 of FIG. 1.

In an operation 506, process 500 may include detecting a change ininformation related to the one or more display parameters. As describedabove with respect to augmented content module 118 of FIG. 1, the one ormore display parameters may include a distance parameter, a contentaccessibility parameter, a content placement parameter, a temporaldisplay parameter, a variable display parameter, and/or one or moreother display parameters. The information related to the one or moredisplay parameters may include information relevant to displayingcontent based on the one or more display parameters. For example, theinformation may indicate that a user device has moved within a specifieddistance of a location associated with a geolocation area, as specifiedby a distance parameter associated with content augmented on the view ofthe geolocation area. For example, the information may indicate that aspecified time has elapsed related to the augmented content, wherein thespecified time is specified by a temporal display parameter associatedwith content augmented on the view of the geolocation area.

In an operation 508, process 500 may include determining whether atriggering condition associated with the information related to the oneor more display parameters has been met. As described above with respectto augmented content module 118 of FIG. 1, a triggering condition mayindicate a threshold at which augmented content may change inappearance, be replaced by other content, or removed from the augmentedview based on information associated with one or more synchronized userdevices. For example, a triggering condition may indicate that when auser device moves within 50 yards of a location associated with ageolocation area, augmented content may change from a first content itemto a second content item. As another example, a triggering condition mayindicate that when a specified time has elapsed related to the augmentedcontent, the augmented content is removed from the augmented view of thegeolocation area. At operation 508, process 500 may determine whetherthe detected change in information results in the information satisfyingone or more triggering conditions related to the one or more displayparameters associated with the augmented content.

If no triggering condition is satisfied by the information as a resultof the detected change in information, the augmented view of thegeolocation area displayed via the user device may continue to bedisplayed. If a triggering condition is satisfied by the information asa result of the detected change in information, operation 510 of process500 may include updating the augmented view of the geolocation areabased on the change in information. For example, if it is determinedthat the information satisfies a triggering condition that indicatesthat the augmented content is to change when a user device moves within50 yards of a location associated with a geolocation area, the augmentedview of the geolocation area may be updated to remove a first contentitem from the augmented view and include a second content item in theaugmented view. As another example, if it is determined that theinformation satisfies a triggering condition that indicates that theaugmented content is to be removed from the augmented view of thegeolocation area when a specified time has elapsed, the augmented viewof the geolocation area may be updated to remove the augmented content.

For purposes of explanation, numerous specific details are set forth inorder to provide a thorough understanding of the description. It will beapparent, however, to one skilled in the art that implementations of thedisclosure can be practiced without these specific details. In someinstances, modules, structures, processes, features, and devices areshown in block diagram form in order to avoid obscuring the description.In other instances, functional block diagrams and flow diagrams areshown to represent data and logic flows. The components of blockdiagrams and flow diagrams (e.g., modules, blocks, structures, devices,features, etc.) may be variously combined, separated, removed,reordered, and replaced in a manner other than as expressly describedand depicted herein.

Reference in this specification to “one implementation”, “animplementation”, “some implementations”, “various implementations”,“certain implementations”, “other implementations”, “one series ofimplementations”, or the like means that a particular feature, design,structure, or characteristic described in connection with theimplementation is included in at least one implementation of thedisclosure. The appearances of, for example, the phrase “in oneimplementation” or “in an implementation” in various places in thespecification are not necessarily all referring to the sameimplementation, nor are separate or alternative implementations mutuallyexclusive of other implementations. Moreover, whether or not there isexpress reference to an “implementation” or the like, various featuresare described, which may be variously combined and included in someimplementations, but also variously omitted in other implementations.Similarly, various features are described that may be preferences orrequirements for some implementations, but not other implementations.

The language used herein has been principally selected for readabilityand instructional purposes, and it may not have been selected todelineate or circumscribe the inventive subject matter. Otherimplementations, uses and advantages of the invention will be apparentto those skilled in the art from consideration of the specification andpractice of the invention disclosed herein. The specification should beconsidered exemplary only, and the scope of the invention is accordinglyintended to be limited only by the following claims.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system for creating a geolocation area andaugmenting a view of the geolocation area with content based on one ormore display parameters, the system comprising: a computer systemcomprising one or more physical processors programmed with computerprogram instructions that, when executed by the one or more physicalprocessors, program the computer system to: obtain first locationinformation from an initiating user device associated with an initiatinguser, wherein the first location information indicates a geographiclocation of the initiating user device; define a geolocation area basedon the first location information, wherein the geolocation areacorresponds to the geographic location of the initiating user device;receive an indication of content to be displayed in association with thegeolocation area; obtain information that specifies one or more displayparameters for the content; obtain second location information from arecipient user device associated with a recipient user, wherein thesecond location information indicates a geographic location of therecipient user device; determine a relative position of the recipientuser device to the geolocation area based on the first locationinformation and the second location information; and cause an augmentedview of the geolocation area to be displayed on the recipient userdevice, the augmented view of the geolocation area comprising a view ofthe geolocation area augmented with the content, wherein the contentappears in the view of the geolocation area based on the one or moredisplay parameters and the relative position of the recipient userdevice to the geolocation area.
 2. The system of claim 1, wherein thegeolocation area is defined based on one or more geofence parametersreceived from the initiating user via the initiating user device.
 3. Thesystem of claim 1, wherein the indication of the content to be displayedin association with the geolocation area is received from the initiatinguser via the initiating user device.
 4. The system of claim 1, whereinthe first location information indicates the geographic location of theinitiating user device at a first time, and wherein the computer systemis further programmed to: obtain third location information from theinitiating user device, wherein the third location information indicatesa geographic location of the initiating user device at a second time,wherein the geographic location of the initiating user device at thesecond time is different than the geographic location of the initiatinguser device at the first time; update the geolocation area based on thethird location information; determine a relative position of therecipient user device to the updated geolocation area; and cause anaugmented view of the updated geolocation area to be displayed on therecipient user device based on the relative position of the recipientuser device to the updated geolocation area, wherein the augmented viewof the updated geolocation area is different than the augmented view ofthe geolocation area.
 5. The system of claim 4, wherein the thirdlocation information is obtained from the initiating user device inreal-time.
 6. The system of claim 4, wherein the geolocation area isassociated with the geographic location of the initiating user device atthe first time, and wherein to update the geolocation area based on thethird location information, the computer system is further programmedto: associate the geolocation area with the geographic location of theinitiating user device at the second time.
 7. The system of claim 1,wherein the computer system is further programmed to: synchronize arecipient user device with the geolocation area corresponding to thegeographic location of the initiating user device such that both theinitiating user device and the recipient user device display anindication of a relative position of the other device in real-time. 8.The system of claim 1, wherein the second location information indicatesthe geographic location of the recipient user device at a first time,and wherein the computer system is further programmed to: obtain thirdlocation information from the recipient user device, wherein the thirdlocation information indicates a geographic location of the recipientuser device at a second time; determine an updated relative position ofthe recipient user device to the geolocation area based on the thirdlocation information; determine that the updated relative position ofthe recipient user device satisfies a triggering condition associatedwith the content, wherein the triggering condition is associated withone or more rules for altering the content appearing in the view of thegeolocation area subject to satisfaction of the triggering condition;and responsive to the determination that the updated relative positionsatisfies the triggering condition associated with the content, alterthe content appearing in the view of the geolocation area based on theone or more rules associated with the triggering condition.
 9. Thesystem of claim 8, wherein the one or more display parameters for thecontent indicate one or more modifications to be made to the contentsatisfaction of the triggering condition, wherein to alter the contentappearing in the view of the geolocation area responsive to thedetermination that the updated relative position satisfies thetriggering condition associated with the content, the computer system isfurther programmed to: cause the content to appear differently in theaugmented view of the geolocation area displayed on the recipient userdevice based on the one or more display parameters.
 10. The system ofclaim 8, wherein the indication of the content to be displayed includesan identification of a first content item and a second content item,wherein the augmented view of the geolocation area comprises a view ofthe geolocation area augmented with the first content item, and whereinto alter the content appearing in the view of the geolocation arearesponsive to the determination that the updated relative positionsatisfies the triggering condition associated with the content, thecomputer system is further programmed to: cause the first content itemto be replaced by the second content item.
 11. The system of claim 10,wherein the one or more display parameters comprise one or more distanceparameters that specify a predefined distance from the geolocation areaat which the content may be displayed in the view of the geolocationarea, the one or more distance parameters indicating a predefineddistance associated with the second content item, wherein to determinethat the updated relative position of the recipient user devicesatisfies the triggering condition associated with the content, thecomputer system is programmed to: determine that the updated relativeposition of the recipient user device is within the predefined distanceassociated with the second content item of the geolocation area based onthe first location information and the third location information,wherein the first content item appearing in the view of the geolocationarea is replaced by the second content item based on the determinationthat the updated relative position of the recipient user device iswithin the predefined distance of the geolocation area.
 12. The systemof claim 1, wherein the one or more display parameters comprise at leasta temporal display parameter that specifies a predefined time period inwhich the content may be displayed in the view of the geolocation area.13. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer system is furtherprogrammed to: electronically store multiple content items uploaded byone or more users in a database, wherein the indication of content to bedisplayed in association with the geolocation area comprises a selectionby a user associated with the initiating user device of at least one ofthe multiple content items uploaded by the one or more users.
 14. Acomputer implemented method of creating a geolocation area andaugmenting a view of the geolocation area with content based on one ormore display parameters, the method being implemented in a computersystem having one or more physical processors programmed with computerprogram instructions that, when executed by the one or more physicalprocessors, cause the computer system to perform the method, the methodcomprising: obtaining, by the computer system, first locationinformation from an initiating user device associated with an initiatinguser, wherein the first location information indicates a geographiclocation of the initiating user device; defining, by the computersystem, a geolocation area based on the first location information,wherein the geolocation area corresponds to the geographic location ofthe initiating user device; receiving, by the computer system, anindication of content to be displayed in association with thegeolocation area; obtaining, by the computer system, information thatspecifies one or more display parameters for the content; obtaining, bythe computer system, second location information from a recipient userdevice associated with a recipient user, wherein the second locationinformation indicates a geographic location of the recipient userdevice; determining, by the computer system, a relative position of therecipient user device to the geolocation area based on the firstlocation information and the second location information; and causing,by the computer system, an augmented view of the geolocation area to bedisplayed on the recipient user device, the augmented view of thegeolocation area comprising a view of the geolocation area augmentedwith the content, wherein the content appears in the view of thegeolocation area based on the one or more display parameters and therelative position of the recipient user device to the geolocation area.15. The method of claim 14, wherein the geolocation area is definedbased on one or more geofence parameters received from the initiatinguser via the initiating user device.
 16. The method of claim 14, whereinthe indication of the content to be displayed in association with thegeolocation area is received from the initiating user via the initiatinguser device.
 17. The method of claim 14, wherein the first locationinformation indicates the geographic location of the initiating userdevice at a first time, and wherein the method further comprises:obtaining, by the computer system, third location information from theinitiating user device, wherein the third location information indicatesa geographic location of the initiating user device at a second time,wherein the geographic location of the initiating user device at thesecond time is different than the geographic location of the initiatinguser device at the first time; updating, by the computer system, thegeolocation area based on the third location information; determining,by the computer system, a relative position of the recipient user deviceto the updated geolocation area; and causing, by the computer system, anaugmented view of the updated geolocation area to be displayed on therecipient user device based on the relative position of the recipientuser device to the updated geolocation area, wherein the augmented viewof the updated geolocation area is different than the augmented view ofthe geolocation area.
 18. The method of claim 17, wherein the thirdlocation information is obtained from the initiating user device inreal-time.
 19. The method of claim 17, wherein the geolocation area isassociated with the geographic location of the initiating user device atthe first time, and wherein updating the geolocation area based on thethird location information comprises: associating, by the computersystem, the geolocation area with the geographic location of theinitiating user device at the second time.
 20. The method of claim 14,the method further comprising: synchronizing, by the computer system, arecipient user device with the geolocation area corresponding to thegeographic location of the initiating user device such that both theinitiating user device and the recipient user device display anindication of a relative position of the other device in real-time. 21.The method of claim 14, wherein the second location informationindicates the geographic location of the recipient user device at afirst time, the method further comprising: obtaining, by the computersystem, third location information from the recipient user device,wherein the third location information indicates a geographic locationof the recipient user device at a second time; determining, by thecomputer system, an updated relative position of the recipient userdevice to the geolocation area based on the third location information;determining, by the computer system, that the updated relative positionof the recipient user device satisfies a triggering condition associatedwith the content, wherein the triggering condition is associated withone or more rules for altering the content appearing in the view of thegeolocation area subject to satisfaction of the triggering condition;and responsive to the determination that the updated relative positionsatisfies the triggering condition associated with the content,altering, by the computer system, the content appearing in the view ofthe geolocation area based on the one or more rules associated with thetriggering condition.
 22. The method of claim 21, wherein the one ormore display parameters for the content indicate one or moremodifications to be made to the content satisfaction of the triggeringcondition, wherein altering the content appearing in the view of thegeolocation area responsive to the determination that the updatedrelative position satisfies the triggering condition associated with thecontent comprises: causing, by the computer system, the content toappear differently in the augmented view of the geolocation areadisplayed on the recipient user device based on the one or more displayparameters.
 23. The system of claim 21, wherein the indication of thecontent to be displayed includes an identification of a first contentitem and a second content item, wherein the augmented view of thegeolocation area comprises a view of the geolocation area augmented withthe first content item, and wherein altering the content appearing inthe view of the geolocation area responsive to the determination thatthe updated relative position satisfies the triggering conditionassociated with the content comprises: causing, by the computer system,the first content item to be replaced by the second content item. 24.The method of claim 23, wherein the one or more display parameterscomprise one or more distance parameters that specify a predefineddistance from the geolocation area at which the content may be displayedin the view of the geolocation area, the one or more distance parametersindicating a predefined distance associated with the second contentitem, wherein determining that the updated relative position of therecipient user device satisfies the triggering condition associated withthe content comprises: determining, by the computer system, that theupdated relative position of the recipient user device is within thepredefined distance associated with the second content item of thegeolocation area based on the first location information and the thirdlocation information, wherein the first content item appearing in theview of the geolocation area is replaced by the second content itembased on the determination that the updated relative position of therecipient user device is within the predefined distance of thegeolocation area.
 25. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or moredisplay parameters comprises at least a temporal display parameter thatspecifies a predefined time period in which the content may be displayedin the view of the geolocation area.
 26. The method of claim 14, themethod further comprising: electronically storing, by the computersystem, multiple content items uploaded by one or more users in adatabase, wherein the indication of content to be displayed inassociation with the geolocation area comprises a selection by a userassociated with the initiating user device of at least one of themultiple content items uploaded by the one or more users.